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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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Wheelhouse \Wheel"house`\, n. (Naut.)
A small house on or above a vessel's deck, containing the steering wheel.
A paddle box. See under Paddle.
Wiktionary
n. 1 (context nautical English) An enclosed compartment, on the deck of a vessel such as a fishing boat, from which it may be navigated; on a larger vessel it is the bridge or pilothouse. 2 (context nautical English) The enclosed structure around side paddlewheels on a steamboat. 3 (cx archaeology English) A prehistoric structure from the Iron Age, found in Scotland, characteristically including an outer wall within which a circle of stone piers (bearing a resemblance to the spokes of a wheel) form the basis for lintel arches supporting corbelled roofing with a hearth at the hub. 4 (context baseball English) A pitch location which is favorable to the hitter. 5 (context slang English) A person's expertise.
WordNet
n. an enclosed compartment from which a vessel can be navigated [syn: pilothouse]
Wikipedia
Wheelhouse or Wheel-house may refer to a number of topics
In nautical context- The location of the Ship's wheel of a boat or ship
- Bridge (nautical)
- Pilothouse
- The covering or housing of a paddle wheel in a paddle steamer also known as the paddle-box
- wheelhouse or wheel-well, the part of a vehicle body surrounding one of the wheels, typically a fender or a smaller part attached to the inner surface of the fender
- A turntable-like device which allows wagons to switch rails: Turntable (rail).
- In baseball jargon: The sweet spot of a baseball player's strike zone where the most power and strength can be utilized
- An English language idiom derived from the baseball jargon meaning area of knowledge
- Wheelhouse (archaeology) - a prehistoric structure from the Iron Age found in Scotland.
- The portion of the building in a Watermill that contains the Waterwheel or gears to power the millstone
- Wheelhouse (album), a 2013 album by Brad Paisley
- Wheelhouse (surname)
In archaeology, a wheelhouse is a prehistoric structure from the Iron Age found in Scotland. The term was first coined after the discovery of a ruined mound in 1855. The distinctive architectural form related to the complex roundhouses, constitute the main settlement type in the Western Isles, in the closing centuries BC. A total of 62 sites have now been identified in the Northern and Western Isles, and on the north coast of Caithness and Sutherland.
Amateur enthusiasts did some excavation in the 19th century, but professional examination of the sites did not begin until the 1930s, when digs were undertaken at Jarlshof and Gurness. No work of a modern standard was done in the Hebrides until 1946 at Clettreval on North Uist.
Sometimes referred to as "aisled roundhouses" their characteristic features include an outer wall within which a circle of stone piers (bearing a resemblance to the spokes of a wheel) form the basis for lintel arches supporting corbelled roofing with a hearth at the hub. About a third are double-walled. They range in diameter from 4 metres to 11.5 metres. Those sites that have been dated tend to fall within the period 25 BC to 380 AD. In the Northern Isles, 72% are found in association with broch sites, and they are of a later date than these towered structures in all cases. No sites in the west have such an association, an as yet unresolved enigma. The majority are dug into the landscape and only their thatched roofs would have been visible above the ground — although these would have been 6 metres or more in height. Other examples were built above ground, such as Clettraval and Bagh nam Feadag (on Grimsay). Many sites incorporate animal burials beneath the floor, the most common bones being those of young lambs. Other bone deposits include the heads of a human and a great auk at Cnip on Lewis, and sixty bone burials including cattle, sheep and pig at Sollas in North Uist. Five sites include menhirs and fifteen a red and black mortar. These features tends to support the hypothesis that the primary purpose of these buildings was ritualistic. Confusingly therefore, "wheelhouses" are neither wheels, nor perhaps houses.
The highly restricted nature of their geographical locations suggests that they may have been contained within a political or cultural frontier of some kind. The co-incidence of their arrival and departure being associated with the period of Roman influence in Scotland is a matter of ongoing debate.
Wheelhouse is the ninth studio album by American country music artist Brad Paisley. The album was released on April 9, 2013, by Arista Nashville with Paisley being the only producer on the album instead of Frank Rogers.
Wheelhouse is a surname, and may refer to:
- Ben Wheelhouse (1902–1985), English footballer
- Jobe Wheelhouse (born 1985), Australian soccer player
- Paul Wheelhouse (born 1970), Scottish politician
- Sidney Wheelhouse (1888-1916), English footballer
- William St James Wheelhouse (1821–1886), British barrister and politician
Usage examples of "wheelhouse".
Wagner and Bauer at the Bofors gun, shattering the wheelhouse windows, catching Langsdorff in the back, driving him headfirst through the door.
While the lights of Le Havre petrol refinery still winked on our right the waves were already coming off the Channel in twenty-foot-high walls of black water, shattering on the bow and wheelhouse and bouncing our small craft helplessly from crest to trough.
He shivered finally and threaded his way back to the wheelhouse, climbed the steps to that scant shelter, where Amos plied the wheel.
The wind howled hungrily around the wheelhouse, and the swells still marched in from the north.
A pool of light from a flashlamp preceded the visitor down the four steps from the wheelhouse to the saloon.
Wagner hauled down the Kriegsmarine ensign on the jackstaff above the wheelhouse.
Its two cabins were squalid, its galley unspeakable, the woodwork of its wheelhouse crudely etched with drawings of the obscenest kind.
As soon as she could, Vere went to the wheelhouse and asked to use the radio to call Brigadoon.
Smoke rising from the brochs and from the wheelhouses … Impossible that it could have happened!
In the wheelhouse above the cabinlike prison, two of the smuggling crew's four enforcers began cutting rope into short lengths while the captain, who stood at the helm, threaded his way up the Orion River in the dark.
In the wheelhouse above the cabinlike prison, two of the smuggling crew's four enforcers began cutting rope into short lengths while the captain, who stood at the helm, threaded his way up the Orion River in the dark.
He watched as Corrin emerged from the wheelhouse, going aft to throw out the inertial anchor before joining Kirk by the opening in the railing, where Kirk had laid out the dive gear.
It was deserted, the deck lamps making pools of yellow light, illuminating the empty lifeboat davits, the deck chairs lined up against the wall of the wheelhouse and the gymnasium.
Snug in the corner of the wheelhouse bunk, dressed in fresh clothes, Rowan drank her steaming coffee.
Unable to do more to protect her from the approaching sea of fire, he stumbled into the wheelhouse, clutching his side where one bullet had plunged into the abdominal muscle, made a small perforation in his colon and lodged in the pelvic girdle.